If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you should be concerned about your loved one’s driving skills. It might be time to ask whether it’s time they retire the keys.

Ellor offers six questions people should ask while investigating – and before choosing – a nursing home.

1. What is the turnover rate for nurse’s aides? “Nurse’s aides are the backbone of care,” Ellor said. “In some cases, we’ve seen an average turnover of three months. That’s not good.”

2. Does the…

Family caregivers never really get a break, with each season bringing potential hazards and dangers for their aging loved ones. Winter is no exception.

These cold months can create dangerous conditions for older adults, especially those who may already have impaired mobility due to age or previous injury. With more susceptibility to cold, older individuals need…

Family caregivers have their struggles. But hopefully, to paraphrase the Beatles, we all can get by with a little help from our friends. What happens, though, when age or circumstance starts diminishing a caregiver’s support network?

Having close friends and family is an important part of life. We spend years building the friendships and relationships that…

The holidays can often be a time filled with high expectations, requiring lots of energy and engagement in non-stop activities. For the individuals and families living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, it can be challenging and a time of high anxiety. Festivities can agitate, confuse, and overstimulate persons living with 

Aging in place offers seniors the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, but it comes with its own set of challenges.

Addressing functional issues within the home environment is crucial to supporting seniors’ desires to live independently while ensuring their safety and well-being. In this blog post, we’ll explore common functional issues that can lead…

We've all heard the saying "don't judge a book by its cover." It's a lesson we probably all first learned about when we were quite young.

But after spending the past several years being one of two caregivers to my father, navigating him through countless medical appointments, I've learned that it's also a life lesson too…

What is Aging Life Care Management?

Aging Life Care Management, also known as geriatric care management, focuses on improving the quality of life for older adults and their families through comprehensive planning and management of care needs. This involves addressing not only health concerns but also financial, legal, and social aspects to ensure the well-being of…

Today more and more American families are involved in the care of their loved ones. Often that creates a change in family dynamics, routines, reassigning roles, economic hardships and demands on adult time and emotional stress for all family members involved. The changes taking place can be threatening…

Being Independent and aging is not an easy task. With aging, the health and independence of our parents take a back seat. And they seem to become increasingly dependent on others for their daily tasks. Illness and accidents can cause a sudden loss of independence. And make your parents feel hopeless and depressed. Such forms…

Let’s face it; a doctor’s visit is not the ideal item on a Tuesday morning list of tasks. From the sterile smell in the air to the uncomfortable plastic chairs in the waiting room, the culture of medicine can be an intimidating place for many. Even more, a recent diagnosis can offer several unknown questions…

Number of steps per day more important than step intensity 

Doctors often recommend walking as an easy way for inactive people to ease into better health. Taking 4,000 or fewer steps a day is considered a low level of physical activity. A goal of 10,000 steps a day is commonly cited, but 

As a caregiver, responsible for at least one life other than your own, we hope you are one of the 40 percent of Americans who have at least written a will or created another estate planning document.

However, even the best executed estate plan needs to be reviewed periodically to ensure that it still reflects your…

Driving a car is a symbol of independence and competence and is closely tied to an individual’s identity. It also represents freedom and control and allows older adults to gain easy access to social connections, health care, shopping, activities and even employment. At some point, however, it is predictable that driving skills will deteriorate and…

Your loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.  The first thing you want to do is find out all you can about the disease, and all about what you can do to take care of your loved one.  It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but, at least you’re an adult and you can understand what’s…